Brennan
was in her office when she heard the yelling coming from Angela. She
put the x-rays she was looking at on her desk and made her way to
Angela's office. Angela and Hodgins were standing in front of the
TV in her office. They were both staring at it and did not even
acknowledge the fact that she had joined them.

"Angela,
I was in the middle of looking at the x-rays on the case that Booth
and I working on I don't have time to be watching TV" Brennan
hated TV. So many people wasted theirs lives sitting in front of that
idiot box instead of living and experiencing life. She still hadn't
replaced the one that had broken in her apartment although she had
been meaning to. Not for her though. She had never missed it.
Brennan moved to leave the office not understanding why Angela had
wanted her to join them watching whatever it was they were focused on
so intently.

"Special
Agent Seeley Booth has been arrested today due to allegations of
corruption"

Brennan
froze. She looked to Angela for confirmation as if she couldn't
believe what she had heard. Booth? Not Booth. He was one of the
kindest and most dedicated FBI Agents she had ever dealt with and the
only one who had been able to not only deal with her but understand
her as well. Brennan forced her attention back to the TV.

"Details
are still sketchy. Booth has recently made a name for himself
working with the world renowned author and forensic anthropologist,
Temperance Brennan. Join us tonight at six o'clock…" Angela
shut of the TV.

"This
can't be true. There is no way Booth would be crooked in any way"
Angela was looking at Brennan looking for some type of reaction.

"I don't
know what that means, but Booth would not be involved in anything
illegal. He respects the work he does and is proud to be a member of
the FBI." Brennan looked at Angela and Hodgins. Her mind was
racing. There is no way that Booth would be involved. Although for
the FBI to have actually arrested him there would have to be some
evidence. Booth always wanted evidence before he would arrest
anyone. That was what she was there for, to provide the evidence.
Every part of her wanted to race down to the FBI office and demand
that they tell her what was going on and to speak to Booth. The
rational side of her knew that there was nothing that she could do
and that she should just focus her attention back to the case at
hand.

Hodgins
looked at Angela. "Government conspiracy. They are framing him
because he was getting too close to something he shouldn't. We all
know that you can't trust them. I thought the FBI was a branch that
had yet to be corrupted. I must have been wrong. I say we go down
there and make them tell us what they are hiding." Angela placed
her hand on Hodgin's arm. Brennan was staring at the TV which was
now switched off.

"Sweetie?"
Brennan didn't even notice that Angela had spoken to her and
abruptly turned and left . She made her way back to her office.
Sitting down she thought about what she had heard. She checked her
phone and e-mail for any message from Booth. Nothing. Damm it. She
looked back towards the X-ray on her desk. She tried to bring her
mind back to the case she had been working on. However, some small
part of her wasn't listening. Maybe it was this "gut" thing
that Booth was always talking about to her. She had never really
understood what he had meant by that. She always waited for the
facts to provide the answers. No conjecture, no guess work.
Evidence all the way. This was Booth though.

Does that
mean she should be trusting the facts more than ever or should she be
trusting her gut like Booth? This is what she needed him for. This
is why Booth was her partner, her best friend. He understood her
like no one else seemed to be able to. Brennan was so lost in her
thoughts that she hadn't even noticed that Angela had walked into
her office. "Brenn? Are you ok?"

"I don't
know. This is a lot of information to process. I mean this is
Booth." Brennan looked at Angela. "We don't know all the
facts I can't believe anything without all the evidence. I am going
down there."

"Do you
think they will let you talk to him?"

" I
don't know but Booth would do it for me." As Brennan spoke she
realised it was true. Booth would never give up on her. He had not
only defended her but saved her life on a number of occasions. Now
she would do the same for him.

Chapter
2

Brennan
picked up her bag and made her way to leave the Jeffersonian. As she
made her way towards the exit, Brennan was pulled to one side by the
guard.

"I am
sorry Dr Brennan but we can't let you leave"

"What?
I need to get to the FBI offices. I am working on a case I don't
need to clear my schedule with you or anyone."

The guard
simply nodded towards the doors. There were dozens of reporters
being held off by security. It seemed as though the fact that Booth
was her partner was enough for them to think that she was either
involved or knew something about the situation they didn't. There
was no way she was going out there. Brennan hated publicity. Since
this story had broken her publicist had been on the phone. Brennan
was disgusted at the words of "any publicity is good publicity"
and that she should show her face as often as possibly and to mention
her upcoming book a few times. Brennan had been sickened by the
thought and had simply hung up and then switched her phone off.
Booth was her priority. There was no way she was going to allow
simple issues like her book to come in the way.

"Angela,
ANGELA." Brennan yelled as she ran towards her office. "Brenn?"
Angela caught up with as Brennan reached the doors of her office.

"There
are reporters everywhere. I need to get to the FBI and there is no
way I want them following me for the rest of the day. I am not a
story and neither is Booth." Brennan looked towards Angela. "I
need your help Ang. Can you help me get out of here without being
seen?"

"I can't
but I know someone who can. Give me ten mins."

Ten
minutes later Brennan found herself seated in the back of a black
stretch limousine. Angela had spoken to Hodgins and he had arranged
for his driver to come and pick Brennan up from the delivery entrance
of the Jeffersonian. The tinted windows allowed Brennan to be driven
straight past the reporters without them being any wiser.

Brennan
turned her mind back to the case that her and Booth had just started
on. She had been working on her manuscript when her attention had
been drawn to her doorway. Her best friend was leaning against the
door frame holding a file in his hand. He looked fantastic as ever
in his charcoal suits and outlandish ties. She stopped at his
buckle. She always made herself stop at his belt buckle. Any
further was not allowed, well not while he was looking at her.

"Let's
go Bones."

That was
all it took, those three words and her manuscript was forgotten as
she grabbed her equipment and followed him out to his car. A skull
had been found when the foundations of a building were being
repaired. Further investigation had led to the discovery of the rest
of the body. Booth had mentioned something about it being similar to
a case he had studied back at the Academy. It was similar to some
Mob hits that had occurred in the area. As they made their way back
to the Jeffersonian Booth had told Brennan the story of how some
crime syndicates would use new construction sites to dispose of the
people they killed as it was rare for the foundations of a building
to be pulled apart within a 20 year period of time and therefore
their secrets would remained buried long enough for people to forget.
Booth had dropped Brennan back at her offices for her to start
looking into the cause of death while he was headed back to his
office to find out more information in regards to the crime scene.
"Go and have fun with them bones, Bones." She had rolled her
eyes at those words. "Don't call me that. I will call you with
an update before I leave". Those had been the last words she had
spoken to him.

"Dr.
Brennan. Dr. Brennan. What should I do?" Brennan focused her
attention back to the driver who was indicating to the mass of
reporters crowding around the front of the FBI building. She would
think with all the things that happened in the world there would be
more important issues for them to focus on then an agent being
falsely accused of something he didn't do. The sensation behind
FBI corruption and an author seemed to be worthy of more air time
than the poverty suffered by millions all over the world.

"Go
around to the right. There is a staff entrance on the side which
should be a little less crowded." Brennan motioned to the driver
finally answering his question. Brennan sighed in relief as she
noted that the staff entrance was clear of reporters. The driver
pulled over. He looked towards Brennan. "Master Hodgins has
instructed that I wait here for you until you need to be taken back
to the Jeffersonian. No matter what" Brennan nodded in thanks and
made her way out of the limo and walked towards the staff entrance.

Brennan
nodded towards the agent at the door. She pulled out her new visitor
badge. Booth had finally got her one. It still said visitor but it
had her name and her credentials and it was hers to keep. She had
been complaining to Booth for the past year about having to sign in
every time she went to the office. It had turned up on her desk last
week. She hadn't even thanked him for it.

"Whose
orders?" Brennan could not believe this. If they thought she was
going to just walk away they could think again.

"Cullen
issued the order."

"Well
you will just have to get Cullen down here to tell me that himself
because I am not leaving."

"I am
sorry. I can't do that."

Brennan
looked around. Ok she had tried the rational approach and didn't
seem to be getting anywhere. Ok let's be like Booth. Let's
think like Booth. What would he do? Brennan looked around. A flash
of light sparked in the corner of her eye. That's it.

"Look
you either tell Cullen to get his ass down here or I will walk right
up to those reporters and tell them all about my involvement with the
FBI." The agent looked at her and picked up the phone next to him.
She slowly started to back away from the agent and towards the
reporters. She really did not want to have to do this. She hated
the public but this was not about her anymore. This was about Booth.

"He is
on his way down. If you wouldn't mind taking a seat Dr. Brennan."
The agent opened the door to his office. Brennan sat down and
waited. Why wouldn't they allow her in? She had never had this
problem before. They must think that she was involved somehow. The
fact that they even suspected Booth let alone arrested him indicated
to her that they were the types to jump to conclusions before
investigating the facts. Well she wasn't. There was no way she
was going to accept them on their word. They might be the FBI but
she was Temperance Brennan, Booth's partner and if they thought she
would let this rest, they were wrong.

Chapter
3

"Dr.
Brennan."

Brennan
stood and looked at Booth's boss. "Deputy Director."

"I know
why you are here and I am sorry I can not give you any information in
regards to Booth's arrest. I am still trying to find out what the
hell happened myself. I know as much as is being reported on the
news."

Brennan
looked at him. "Don't try and pull that one on me. He is my
partner and there is no way that anything that is being reported in
true. I want some answers. I want to speak to Booth."

"You
can't talk to him. He was taken away by the Internal Affairs
department last night. I have no information as to where he is being
held or when he will be released. Trust me Dr. Brennan, I don't
like this anymore than you do. One of my best agents has been
accused of working for the bad guys and I have to deal with the media
hype and irate scientists."

Brennan
looked at Cullen and slumped back into the chair. So much had
happened in the past few hours it felt like days. "Well what do I
do?"

"Dr.
Brennan. I need you to continue working on the case you were
assigned with Booth. I have arranged for another agent to come and
help you with the police work. You have worked with him before so
there shouldn't be any problems." Cullen turned and walked out
of the office. Before he made it to the safety of the security doors
he turned back and looked at Brennan. "If I hear anything I will
let you know." Brennan nodded at him and he continued back into
the FBI offices.

Brennan
slowly walked her way back to the limousine which was still waiting
for her. She couldn't believe that there was nothing she could do.
She knew that Booth could not be guilty but if his direct superior
had no idea what was happening how would she ever be able to find him
and help him. It wasn't until she sat down in the car that she
realised what Cullen had said to her. An agent she had worked with
before. Well there was only two other FBI agents she had worked
with. Booth had shot one of them and the other had left months ago.
Sully? Would Cullen have been able to convince him to return?

Although
Brennan had been sorry to see Sully go she realised not long after
that she did not really notice him missing from her life. There was
no empty void. When her parents went missing there was a big hole in
her and her life. When Russ disappeared with her father she felt
like she had lost another part of herself that she had just got back.
When Sully left, he just left. Ok, so she missed the sex. I mean it
had been good but that was it. She didn't find herself wondering
what he was doing, where he was. If she was really honest with
herself, she had spent more time worrying about Booth in the past few
hours than she had thought about Sully in past few months. What did
that mean?

Brennan's
phone rang drawing her away from her thoughts about her two FBI men.
She looked at the ID. Rebecca
Booth had insisted that she have her details and vice versa in case
anything happened to him or if there was something wrong with Parker
and Rebecca couldn't reach him. Brennan answered her phone. "Hi
Rebecca."

"Yes I
know I don't believe it either. I have just left the FBI office
and they don't know where he has been taken."

"No I
don't think you should tell Parker anything just yet. Wait till we
have more information."

"Of
course I will keep you updated. I will call you later tonight. I
can't imagine I would have heard anything but I will call just the
same. They have told me I need to continue on the case I was working
on."

"Will I
talk to Parker? Umm okay." What was she meant to say to Parker?
She really was not good with kids.

"Hi
Parker."

"Yes
it's Dr. Bones." She was going to kill Booth when she found him.
Now his kid was calling her Bones.

"Well
Parker, the reason you can't talk to your Dad is that he is really
busy at work but I will tell him that you say hello. I have a
message for you though. You Dad says he loves you and misses you and
can't wait to see you. Ok? Yes I will come and see you soon."
What was she getting herself into?

"Ok
Parker. Let me talk to your Mum again. Bye Parker."

"Rebecca
I have to go. I just told Parker that his Dad was busy with work. I
will call you tonight. Ok Bye."

Brennan
looked at her phone. Still no messages. She looked out the window
and realised that they were already back at the Jeffersonian. She
had been so caught up with her thoughts and then the phone call to
realise. The driver had brought her to the front of the building,
the reporters had all dispersed. They were either tired of waiting
around or something more exciting must have occurred. Brennan
thanked the driver and before she got her hand on the door it was
opened for her. As Brennan stepped out of the limo she noticed all
of her associates were standing there expectantly awaiting news of
Booth. She looked at them and shook her head. Brennan then looked
at the person still holding open the door for her.

"Tempe"

"Sully"

Chapter
4

"Sweetie"

Brennan
looked up from her desk Angela was standing in the doorway holding
Chinese takeaway cartons.

"You
need to eat. It is after nine and I know you didn't stop for lunch
so you are going to eat"

Brennan
sighed and nodded knowing that it was futile to argue with her friend
when she heard that tone. Now that she thought about it she had to
admit that she was starving. Skipping lunch hadn't been planned
but with everything that had happened today it was the last thing on
her mind. The sooner that she resolved this case the sooner she
could turn her attention back to Booth. Cullen wanted her to
concentrate on the case, and that's what she would do. Once it was
finished though, it was going to be a different story. She was
going to do everything possible to find out what had happened to
Booth.

"So?"

"What
Ange?"

"What
happened with Sully? Are you guys back together now that he is back
on the scene?"

"I don't
know what you mean Angela." Brennan knew that this conversation
was going to happen. Angela always looked out for her and helped her
with her life. Although she was grateful, Brennan wasn't ready yet
to share with Angela the feelings that had been racing through her
today. So much had happened in such a short space of time. She
hadn't allowed herself enough time to actually process all the
facts and reach a conclusion. It seems as though today everyone just
wanted answers from her.

Brennan
walked briskly towards her office. No more talking. She knew that
Sully was following her. She went to her desk and picked up the case
file. Booth……Booth had left it there for her to go through.

"Tempe"

Brennan
handed him the file.

"I
haven't had a chance to closely analyse the bones yet. I have had
a few other things to deal with today. I am going to finish up my
analysis and we should have enough to have a face for you by
tomorrow."

Brennan
looked at Sully and then walked out of her office. As she made her
way up to the lab she could see Sully leaving the building from the
corner of her eye. Brennan released her breathe and relaxed. She
hadn't realised how tense she was. Seeing Sully again had
defiantly made a few things clearer in her head. There was no
excitement, no fire. She was grateful that he had given her space.
Everything had changed so much lately that Brennan wasn't sure what
she wanted.

"Sweetie.
What I meant was that are you going to be a couple again? The only
reason you broke up was because he was leaving, if he is back then
the reason you broke up is gone."

"I don't
know Ange. So much has happened and I just don't know. I can't
really think about this at the moment. I am completely swamped with
my new manuscript and the case with the FBI still needs to be
completed." Brennan looked away from Angela and placed her Chinese
on the table. It hurt just to think about him. She needed to stay
busy and focus on the things she could control. Her current feelings
for Booth seemed to be something she couldn't control.

"Bren.
It will be ok. We will solve this case and then we will figure what
happened with Booth. He would not let us down and we won't let him
down."

"I know.
I just need to deal with one issue at a time. I just can't deal
with Sully at the moment. While we are working together it will be
strictly professional. He may not even be staying. This could be a
one time deal." Brennan knew though that even if Sully did stay,
things couldn't go back to the way they were. Him leaving her had
forced Brennan to re-evaluate her life and the people in it. At the
time she had felt that everyone who she let into her life would leave
her, it had been happening since she was fifteen. Booth however had
been one of the only constants in her life that she has been able to
trust completely and who didn't make her feel as if she didn't
fit in. He helped her become a better person and helped her
understand people. He made her realise that he and her squints were
her family. It may be unconventional, but a family they were just
the same. She was not going to lose another member of her family.

"Well
sweetie, with the way he was looking at you earlier I don't think
he is going to like that."

Brennan
looked at Angela but didn't bother responding. They sat there in
silence and finished their food.

"Come on
Bren. There is nothing more you can do here tonight. Go home and
sleep."

"Ok."
She just didn't have it in her to argue anymore today.

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